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The deadline to enact a balanced spending plan is in five weeks, suggesting a period of intense negotiations and hearings are on Trenton's horizon.

State Sen. Mike Testa said Gov. Murphy is salivating at the chance to borrow $10B and likened him to Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" series begging lawmakers for that power.

$7.7 billion in spending will keep the state operating through September. Big decisions about cuts, taxes and borrowing are due over the next three months.

Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin, who chairs the budget committee, said it’s going to be a long summer.

New Jersey could borrow as much as $14B to help replenish its budget and those of some counties and municipalities hit hard by declines in revenues connected to coronavirus.

Two Republican legislators are teaming up to get golf courses reopened in New Jersey.

State leaders have begun discussing the prospect of borrowing billions of dollars from the Federal Reserve to pay for operating expenses.

Two state lawmakers want to ban reusable bags until a month after the health crisis is over, citing concern over contamination.

Gov. Phil Murphy hasn’t yet said what changes will be made in the overhauled 2021 state budget, though he has indicated a few times that he’d still like it to include an increase in the millionaires tax.

Raising the tax rate on income between $1M and $5M from 8.97% to 10.75% is forecast to increase revenues by $493.8M in fiscal 2021.